diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/runtimes/common/src/types/mod.rs b/src/runtime-rs/crates/runtimes/common/src/types/mod.rs
index 14f188d7d3..0e6f80a4f6 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/runtimes/common/src/types/mod.rs
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/runtimes/common/src/types/mod.rs
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ pub struct ContainerConfig {
     pub bundle: String,
     pub rootfs_mounts: Vec<Mount>,
     pub terminal: bool,
+    pub options: Option<Vec<u8>>,
     pub stdin: Option<String>,
     pub stdout: Option<String>,
     pub stderr: Option<String>,
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/runtimes/common/src/types/trans_from_shim.rs b/src/runtime-rs/crates/runtimes/common/src/types/trans_from_shim.rs
index 07f1f8d79e..4d5d7ddf16 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/runtimes/common/src/types/trans_from_shim.rs
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/runtimes/common/src/types/trans_from_shim.rs
@@ -4,19 +4,17 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 //
 
-use std::{
-    convert::{From, TryFrom},
-    path::PathBuf,
-};
-
-use anyhow::{Context, Result};
-use containerd_shim_protos::api;
-use kata_types::mount::Mount;
-
 use super::{
     ContainerConfig, ContainerID, ContainerProcess, ExecProcessRequest, KillRequest, Request,
     ResizePTYRequest, ShutdownRequest, UpdateRequest,
 };
+use anyhow::{Context, Result};
+use containerd_shim_protos::api;
+use kata_types::mount::Mount;
+use std::{
+    convert::{From, TryFrom},
+    path::PathBuf,
+};
 
 fn trans_from_shim_mount(from: api::Mount) -> Mount {
     let options = from.options.to_vec();
@@ -42,6 +40,11 @@ fn trans_from_shim_mount(from: api::Mount) -> Mount {
 impl TryFrom<api::CreateTaskRequest> for Request {
     type Error = anyhow::Error;
     fn try_from(from: api::CreateTaskRequest) -> Result<Self> {
+        let options = if from.has_options() {
+            Some(from.get_options().get_value().to_vec())
+        } else {
+            None
+        };
         Ok(Request::CreateContainer(ContainerConfig {
             container_id: from.id.clone(),
             bundle: from.bundle.clone(),
@@ -52,6 +55,7 @@ impl TryFrom<api::CreateTaskRequest> for Request {
                 .map(trans_from_shim_mount)
                 .collect(),
             terminal: from.terminal,
+            options,
             stdin: (!from.stdin.is_empty()).then(|| from.stdin.clone()),
             stdout: (!from.stdout.is_empty()).then(|| from.stdout.clone()),
             stderr: (!from.stderr.is_empty()).then(|| from.stderr.clone()),
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/runtimes/src/manager.rs b/src/runtime-rs/crates/runtimes/src/manager.rs
index 390cbac159..3d6fa567b5 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/runtimes/src/manager.rs
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/runtimes/src/manager.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 //
 
-use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::{str::from_utf8, sync::Arc};
 
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Context, Result};
 
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ impl RuntimeHandlerManagerInner {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    async fn try_init(&mut self, spec: &oci::Spec) -> Result<()> {
+    async fn try_init(&mut self, spec: &oci::Spec, options: &Option<Vec<u8>>) -> Result<()> {
         // return if runtime instance has init
         if self.runtime_instance.is_some() {
             return Ok(());
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ impl RuntimeHandlerManagerInner {
             None
         };
 
-        let config = load_config(spec).context("load config")?;
+        let config = load_config(spec, options).context("load config")?;
         self.init_runtime_handler(netns, Arc::new(config))
             .await
             .context("init runtime handler")?;
@@ -172,9 +172,13 @@ impl RuntimeHandlerManager {
             .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("runtime not ready"))
     }
 
-    async fn try_init_runtime_instance(&self, spec: &oci::Spec) -> Result<()> {
+    async fn try_init_runtime_instance(
+        &self,
+        spec: &oci::Spec,
+        options: &Option<Vec<u8>>,
+    ) -> Result<()> {
         let mut inner = self.inner.write().await;
-        inner.try_init(spec).await
+        inner.try_init(spec, options).await
     }
 
     pub async fn handler_message(&self, req: Request) -> Result<Response> {
@@ -183,7 +187,7 @@ impl RuntimeHandlerManager {
             let bundler_path = format!("{}/{}", req.bundle, oci::OCI_SPEC_CONFIG_FILE_NAME);
             let spec = oci::Spec::load(&bundler_path).context("load spec")?;
 
-            self.try_init_runtime_instance(&spec)
+            self.try_init_runtime_instance(&spec, &req.options)
                 .await
                 .context("try init runtime instance")?;
             let instance = self
@@ -298,13 +302,21 @@ impl RuntimeHandlerManager {
 /// 2. shimv2 create task option
 /// TODO: https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/issues/3961
 /// 3. environment
-fn load_config(spec: &oci::Spec) -> Result<TomlConfig> {
+fn load_config(spec: &oci::Spec, option: &Option<Vec<u8>>) -> Result<TomlConfig> {
     const KATA_CONF_FILE: &str = "KATA_CONF_FILE";
     let annotation = Annotation::new(spec.annotations.clone());
     let config_path = if let Some(path) = annotation.get_sandbox_config_path() {
         path
     } else if let Ok(path) = std::env::var(KATA_CONF_FILE) {
         path
+    } else if let Some(option) = option {
+        // get rid of the special characters in options to get the config path
+        let path = if option.len() > 2 {
+            from_utf8(&option[2..])?.to_string()
+        } else {
+            String::from("")
+        };
+        path
     } else {
         String::from("")
     };